Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Oestroidea —blowfly .
Etymologies
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Calliphora + -idae
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Examples
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The ones that interest him most, because they are capable of detecting death from as far as 10 miles away and are therefore often the first to find a dead body, are those of the family Calliphoridae, better known as blowflies.
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Calliphoridae arrive on a body within minutes of death.
HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010
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